Senior Director Business Analytics

** Overview*
* Commercial Engineering & AI (CEAI) partners closely with stakeholders across Microsoft Commercial Business (MCB) to accelerate the transformation of Microsoft's commercial business into a frontier organization. We bring together AI‑native engineering, modern platforms, and deep commercial insight to reimagine how work gets done - at scale and with impact.

The Business Intelligence Center of Excellence (BI COE) within CEAI is seeking a leader to drive strategic and tactical outcomes across our Commercial Business. You will lead a high-impact team delivering business intelligence solutions that empower our business partners, leveraging the latest Microsoft technologies-including Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Cowork and more. You will be at the forefront of transforming the BI experience with an AI-first approach, keeping data integrity, quality, and consistency central to our mission: the right data, at the right time, with one source of truth for Commercial Business decision making.

** What success looks like in this role*
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** Raise the delivery bar.
** Set the standard for how business insights & reporting land with agility so Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions (MCAPS) leaders can monitor business performance with confidence.

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** Build strategic partnerships.
** Build relationships across MCAPS business stakeholder teams that align reporting and data insights to their business priorities.

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** Sales strategy+Data** . Deeply understand the MCAPS sales priorities and Go To Market (GTM) motions and connect the dots to the data and business perf insights that support them.

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** AI-first.
** Challenge the norm for how data, business insights & reports/dashboards are built and consumed with an AI-native approach.

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** Customer Zero** . Drive a tight & strategic product feedback loop with the Fabric Product Groups team based on our Customer Zero experience and needs.

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** Lead & Inspire.
** Own team growth and development, AI upskilling and performance management.

** Responsibilities*
* + Lead the BI Center of Excellence (COE) team in delivering agile and trusted data, reporting and business insights to MCB business stakeholders via platforms like MSXi, Copilot, Cowork, Scout etc.

+ Own and drive the strategic vision and delivery roadmap for the MSX Insights (MSXi) PowerBI platform that delivers business performance insights that drive $200B+ of commercial revenue.

+ Direct teams to accelerate the BI delivery lifecycle with AI and optimize the associated cost structure (vendor spend)

+ Own governance and portfolio management across the BI COE organization, ensuring clear prioritization, value realization, and alignment to MCB business priorities & Microsoft data governance & compliance standards.

+ Collaborate with other data eng teams to define & implement the optimal MCAPS data arch and governance to deliver trusted and consistent data insights across all agentic surface areas

+ Sponsor the Customer Zero partnership and product feedback loop with the Fabric PG team, accelerating feature development and showcasing the organization's AI-driven BI leadership - including to external customers and industry.

** Qualifications*
* ** Required/minimum qualifications*
* + Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Engineering, Computer Science, Marketing, Business, Economics or related field AND 6+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis  
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* + Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Finance, Mathematics, Analytics, Engineering, Computer Science, Marketing, Business, Economics or related field AND 8+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis  
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* + Equivalent experience.

** Preferred Qualifications*
* + 5+ years people management experience.

+ Experience leading Data Analytics and/or Business Insights teams.

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Experience with Fabric, PowerBI and/or equivalent data platforms.

Business Analytics M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $155,800 - $277,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San…